Recipes

One of my favorite cooking idioms is “you eat first with your eyes first” and I always want my food to be as beautiful as it is delectable. My background is in culinary education at Metro’s Institute for the Culinary

Many of my most cherished food memories all come together at a restaurant situated in the heart of the Old Market. Most, if not all, of my involvement in the Omaha area culinary landscape emanates from a fortuitous job opportunity

I look at food as much more than just a way to experience incredible flavors and wonderful new taste sensations – I see food as a portal that can transport us to another time and place. It can touch us

Why is comfort food so popular at many restaurants nowadays? Because a big bowl of mac and cheese is more than just a way to fuel your body, it’s also a time machine that takes you back to your childhood.

Yes, I know some of my friends think I’m a little extreme in my devotion to the joys of local farmer’s markets. People stopping by my office on a cold and blustery February morning, may find me staring longingly at

Accumulated from Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, and Simone Beck as well as re-catching some of Julia’s shows on youtube.com that bore out some of the specific details. I love 2010. This recipe exemplifies

Hot sugar syrup, tricky gelatin and a moving whisk…the stuff of nightmare for beginning culinary students. Why risk burning your hands, splattering hot sugar all over the workstation and making a gooey mess? Because that won’t happen and because you’ll

Heretic. I guess to be branded one, depends upon which religion you subscribe to. For the zealots among us, and when it pertains to beer, the word heretic is used to segment the population – those that are purists –

Classic cocktails and their permutations are alive and well, making appearances on an ever-increasing number of cocktail lists. This necessitates, in my opinion, an exploration of some of these ‘classics’ in greater detail. Should you happen to run across one